Got it. I edited for clarity.

The fruits of neoliberalism. If the market is the ultimate arbiter, why bother with democracy.

I’m thinking more of the “commanding heights of the economy”, rather than small time professionals. So, I’m talking Amazon, Google, Walmart, that stuff.

Since I’m in the business of referring you to things today ;) check out this excellent book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741043/safety-through-solidarity-by-shane-burley/

Ultimately, even the most self-serving pro-palestinian should be very very staunchly anti-antisemite: evey Jew who lives a safe, dignified and fulfilled life outside of Israel, is one less Jew who makes aliyah, and one more argument for a cousin who did do aliyah to return back to their country of origin. I want my Jewish neighbours to feel so cosy and safe here that the mere thought of uprooting themselves and moving to some faraway place would seem ridiculous.

Roma Invicta, frater!

It’s a fascinating topic! Keep learning!

Notwithstanding clause incoming… Because it’s always justified if it’s the conservatives that do it.

Lol, fixed

That’s ignorant of modern scholarship. Here are some serious historians you might want to look into:

• Peter Heather
• Anthony Kaldellis
• Averil Cameron
• Timothy Gregory
• John Haldon

There are others, of course.

And no. By the time the Western half collapsed, the East had not drifted apart. That started happening 2-3 centuries later, definitely after Justinian. And it was not even completed as a process until after the 4th crusade at least.

The US elected a convicted felon to the presidency and you’re shocked an alleged felon is somewhat popular? We are talking about a country that has become entirely obsessed with “hurting the right people”.

I’m a fan of UB I+S. Universal basic income AND universal basic services. Plus hight high taxes for the rich. And workplace democracy. And a massive shift of the economy to the nonprofit sector: if what your company multimillion corporation is providing is a utility, you can’t have making a profit be your fiduciary responsibility.

Basically, fuck capitalism, I want socialism.

I wonder if there is a law in the UK that would allow the parents of the boy to sue the mother of the girl for snitching. Like, she weaponized the laws of another country that criminalize behaviours that are legal in the UK, for things that happened between UK citizens abroad. That sounds like something UK legislators might have the power and incentive to legislate, right?

Also, I would not fault the girl if she hated her horrible mother for the rest of her life.

Attack is the best defense and Israel has the right to defend itself. /S

Seriously though see how Israel-aligned politicians switch the rhetoric from “right to defend” to “right to ensure its security”.

Random people’s religion has nothing to do with anything related to this horror.

it’s probably ignored because there are many other theorists with more nuanced analyses of power: Marx, Gramsci, Marcuse, Foucault…

What I find interesting in Selectorate Theory is that it links power and economics in a quantifiable way. Coming from STEM, I understand it, in ways that frankly I don’t when it comes to “continental” theorists, who make much less sense to me. But I’m not well read, so maybe I just don’t understand shit.

The Dictator’s Handbook doesn’t offer much in that regard. it assumes homo economicus and bases conclusions on flawed studies. selectorate theory has thus far failed as a tool for analysing — or making predictions about — states in the periphery.

Can you please explain what you are basing this critique on?

QC coming on top.

Thoughts and prayers.

reaches for spatha

You see, these new laws are necessary to enforce our ancient tradition. Inventing punishments out of our asses is totally 100% a traditional thing to do. The prophet totally had foreign media and NGOs in mind when he was writing the book all those centuries ago.

Yet the Roman Empire survived and thrived for about a millennium afterwards.

Finally a peertube app that makes sense! Great news!